Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-13
The I.awrence Tribune saws tlere

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Atchison will soon havs eight b inks
in operation, whose capital AMI 'iepls
it,, will reach some two and = halt
millions f dollars
a syndicate Of eastern capitalists
visited 5aerl.ng, Ras., las week. with
view of erecting u 100000 manu-
featuring establish nent.
The skating erase has struck ERpO
a again. But this time it is the pure
unadulterated arCi:ie. and & 'tonwpod
river furnishes the rink facilities.
Tne S pIdiers' nome at L4avenworth
now cJnta.ns eleven hun,Ired ex-voi-
unteer soldiers and by the Let of Apri
1t is Thought it W,ll nave fifteen hul-
dred.
The capital stock of railroad compa
nies chartered an Kansas the p st year
will aggregate nearly 100000 900,
or over twO-thlrJs of billion Ut dol
lars.
In 1886 Kansas was little short in
wheat; yet 15,000.000 basaels were
gathered. That was a small amount
C impaired with $4,000. 100 raised ia
1854.
The animal meeting Of the Sheriff.
CD-opefatlve association viii convene
on January 25th, in rope4,L. rne
meeting viii oe Que OF great lmpor-
lance.
Kansas has 572.O59 horses for the
plersure and profit of her citizens.
They range III value from one dollar
and fifty cents up to seven thousand
dollars.
Five miles OF road have been COM
pleted On the Iuka exclusion and d
force O., 40 teams were einpi yed on
the grade west un,ii the recent cold
snap compelled tile.n to lay over fiIr u
iew days.
TAe Wichita BIar,l Of Tr.ils has
PASSED 8 res1lu5lon against the passage
OF Ene Rc5an interstate dill an order
ed the same transmitted oar Senator's
by telegraph.
. The Eldorado Republican says: The
nave regul.l5el the news down t. suca
a point that we get nothing from kan
Sis amy more.
The text book matt+ris brought t.
the atten ton OF the irgislat rs by the
press Of the Stat Fee eoa<in ~ai
changing of the text books VIII doubt
less be Slapped.
The Standard says: Leavenworth
does not neei prohibition be :ause there
is no honesty lii it, but sne needs some
system that will better regulate and
control the saloons.
R,li lgush in the neighb ,r-
hood Of tt,aace are selling at fr1n
$500 To 81 ,20ueach. The same lanni
next summer will he worth dJuole
that amounC. Glzette.
o A Prohibition paper says: The wais-
key papers of Il ,nsas mignt be Il tr.a,.
less free with their advice to the Leg
stature concerning the hest ine:lId of
CRUSHING tue ,iqrr traffic.
The Globe says: Although pr,h;bi-
tirn ruled Atchin>oa during 1886,
there were lis many drunHs arrested IA
that ear as there We're ia 1855, as the
police court docket will show.
Tne Kansas Legislature, by amend
lng the laws relating To usury, would
dog,nd service IN the interest of thou
Glds who are kept poor i,y paying such
hIgl rates. Manhattan Repubtican.
BIiIding and Loan associations ap
pear to he popular ia Kansas, as arts
cies of Incorporation for such societies
are filed with the secretary Of the state
at the rate from one to half q duxen
per week.
N: F. Acres, internal revenue col.
.lector uf the district of Kansas, has
collected $40, 600 tax ON bogus butter
in the State for the month 7ofNovem-
ber. THIS shows that this industry
has grown To considerable Importance.
The Kansas legislature and the Kan
sas Equal Suffrage assuciatIon, and the
State Bar association ali met at the
State capita last Tuesday. 1t was
great day fuF Topeka. The inau-
gurauon services were very imposing
:. The A., E.. & S F. Railroad com
pany want lnOre land at Topeka ana
have petItioned for condemnation pr,,
ceed .ngs. Tie company intend tue
rect locomotive WORKS at that place
aud s.he ground - needed for the
shops.
oAn ef,re will be made to get the
Legislature 60 pay Elle ''I"pska con-
'stitution sceip," which was issaei to
pay the ekpeDses Of sac fsee state eon-
stitutiona3 convention. About Sj, 900
. Of ths scrip is Aeii by tue cisixeas sf